Thursday, October 11, 2012

Ed Asner made his second appearance as art thief August March last week on
the new version of 'Hawaii Five-O'. It was his third appearance overall,
however he played March the first time on the original series over thirty years
ago.

So he was two different men named August March, each in a separate TV
dimension. Had he played the role in a third TV series, Asner's character might
have been eligible to be inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.

But that's not going to happen now. In this recent episode, August March
deliberately stepped backward into the street and was mowed down by a huge
truck.

Because that alternate August March was interacting with counterparts to
McGarrett and Dann-O, his life was already different from that of the August
March from Earth Prime-Time. So that original televersion probably had a
different destiny.

There's no real option for that August March to show up again in
Toobworld. ('NCIS: Los Angeles' might have been a candidate, but that would
mean a lot of splainin for me since that show already crossed over with the new
'Hawaii Five-O'. 'CSI' might work.....) So I like to think it wouldn't have
been possible anyway.

I think the original August March should be considered dead in Earth
Prime-Time as well. But not hit by a truck - he probably died in prison.

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Just An Old Cowhand On The TiVo Grande

As the Trickster once said, "Reality is boring, that's why I change it whenever I can."
I'm just "The Man Who Viewed Too Much", and "Inner Toob" is a blog exploring and celebrating the 'reality' of an alternate universe in which everything that ever happened on TV actually takes place.
Most of my theories about the TV Universe come from thinking inside the box and thus can't be proven. But I've never been one to shy away from a tall tale.....
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